Firebrand (Marvel)

The Firebrand is the name used by several characters in the Marvel Universe.

Firebrand (Gary Gilbert)

Main Article: Gary Gilbert

Gary Gilbert was the son of an unscrupulous businessman and abusive father, Simon Gilbert. In retaliation, Gilbert and his sister Roxanne became political activists against what they believed were unjust businesses. Gilbert was soon banished from his family home and his sister soon followed of her own volition. Gilbert became increasingly radical and believed only a violent revolution to overthrow the existing American government and capitalist system was necessary. Gilbert used his talents in physics and invention along with training classes offered by Stark Industries to create the weapons and costume of Firebrand. Ironically, he first donned his costume to fight the construction of a community center financed by the Iron Man foundation, which the local black community resisted. Although he clashed with Iron Man, Firebrand's actions helped reveal Councilman Bradshaw's criminal plans behind the community center. (Iron Man v1 #27)

Firebrand (Russ Broxtel)

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Firebrand (Rick Dennison)

Main Article: Rick Dennison

Richard Dennison was a member of an ecological terrorist group known as Terra Tactics. The group staged a sabotage mission on an alternative energy project, placing powerful explosive charges within the building. In the saboteurs' escape, Dennison was shot by a guard and left behind. The explosion blew Dennison through a tank full of experimental super-charged plasma. When rescuers found him, Dennison was changed into an energy form. Before doctors could help him much, another terrorist team called the Flaming Sword stole his entire containment tank. Though he was mentally unstable, the group renamed him Firebrand and used him as its chief operative in Europe and the Middle East. (Iron Man v3 #5)

Firebrand (Amanda)

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Amanda was one of the numerous people to have assumed the Firebrand moniker, and the first to be a woman. She first surfaced when the Mandarin assembled an army of villains of Iron Man to do his bidding. (Invincible Iron Man v1 #513) Together with Crimson Dynamo, Firebrand was sent to wreck havoc in Charlotte, North Carolina. Iron Man confronted both villains and managed to subdue them. However, the Detroit Steel Corps arrived at the scene and opened fired on Firebrand and Crimson Dynamo, heavily injuring both of them. Afterward, the Detroit Steel Corps took them prisoners.[3] Amanda would reappear months later at Mandarin City, and was sent along with the rest of the Mandarin's minions on missions to steal resources to build the Titanomechs. (Invincible Iron Man v1 #522)

Firebrand (Erikson Hades)

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Notes

• The concept of the Firebrand was created by Archie Goodwin and Don Heck where it made its first appearance in Iron Man v1 #27 (July, 1970).

Appearances

• Iron Man v1: (1970)
• Iron Man v3:
• Invincible Iron Man v1:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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